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Evolution of my byline photo (and hair)
If you read The New Paper On Sunday, which my column is in, you may notice that the paper has been redesigned again.Since I joined The New Paper in 2008, the paper has underwent four redesigns - two...
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Have the runs? World Toilet Day not so urgent for Singaporeans
Excuse my language. But it’s for a good cause.I just got possibly the greatest running event T-shirt ever.Why? Because it has these words on the back:“I am running because I give a shit.”The shirt is...
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Whaaa...? An online petition that actually worked?
Charis Mah, the person who started the online petition to "Keep Julien Blanc and Real Social Dynamics (RSD / RSDnation) out of Singapore", posted this update yesterday:Response from MHA - Success!Hi...
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I went to Sitex & bought stuff at Robinsons Expo
My Sitex walkthrough yesterday.It was pretty much the same old, same old.I left empty-handed and I went to the Robinsons Expo next door.I was so impressed by the latest technology in knife-holders, I...
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How Goh Chok Tong set Gurmit Singh up for life – Lambo or no Lambo
So after 20 years, Gurmit Singh is finally leaving MediaCorp – sort of.Today reported:A statement issued by his management said that for next year, Gurmit will take on artiste engagements on “a more...
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What's with all the penis pics in the papers lately? It's a cancer
Excuse my language. But it’s for a good cause.No, that’s not a mistake. You’re not reading last week’s column again even though it started with the same lines.I’m just plagiarising myself, which I...
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That's why it's called Hairy Potter
It's December and Movember is finally over.I went from Severus Snape...... to Lucius Black.Thank wizards, Movember is only a month long. If it were a year long, I could look like Hagrid.If it were a...
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How to tell the difference between an A*Star scholar & an R21 actress
Like peas in a pod.Sometimes two things happen around the same time and are so similar that you can get them mixed up.For example, last week was the one-year death anniversary of two famous people,...
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Hello, Dim Sum Dollies: MDA & the Streisand Effect
I have never been to a Dim Sum Dollies show.The closest I’ve come is eating dim sum on a doily, which is really not very close, I know.The second closest was when I was forced to listen to the Dim Sum...
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I survived The Hobbit marathon – and didn't even get a T-shirt
I have never run a marathon.And as I approach my CPF drawdown age, it’s becoming more unlikely I will ever get to wear a 42.195km finisher T-shirt (unless I buy one on Ebay or Carousell).So last week,...
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Ha! Vincent Ha of Gushcloud contacted me in September about this
The Like everyone else, I've been reading about The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Two Hashtags between #FaithinGushcloud and #FaithinXiaxue. (I'll leave it up to you to decide who the hobbit is in this...
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How Xiaxue made Roy Ngerng look good
So this is Christmas. And what have you done?Well, two days before Christmas, I published a 5,000-word blog post, accusing an online marketing company of inflating its earnings and other misdeeds, and...
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SMRT Ltd (Feedback): From troll to online vigilante to just anotherblogger?
In November, online spoofers SMRT Ltd (Feedback), who have been around since December 2011, finally broke into the mainstream with the Sim Lim Square-Mobile Air-Jover Chew saga.SMRT Ltd (Feedback) were...
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'Cheeky fella': PM Lee finds out about SMRT Ltd (Feedback)
Imagine you’re the Prime Minister of Singapore.Here you are, minding your own business, giving your New Year message and welcoming 2015 at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park wearing a balloon hat.Then you find out...
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What exposé? Xiaxue thanks SMRT Ltd (Feedback) for growing up
Once again, let me start with an apology.A reader named Steven e-mailed me to complain about my column about Xiaxue last week.He wrote:“This woman Xiaxue has no brains and no skills and adds no...
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Online wankers fall in lust with alleged loanshark chiobu
On Monday, The Straits Times posted this on its Facebook page:It was also shared elsewhere and received a number of inappropriate comments, some X-rated, some hilariously so, proving once again that...
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All it's quacked up to be: I got my Phua Chu Kang ducks in a row
I was doing some rare spring-cleaning in my flat for CNY and came across these props from the first Phua Chu Kang episode I wrote.They're the clay ducks from a season 2 ep called Clockwork, first aired...
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Ello Ello, Guardian article wrong about 'looser' Singapore
Last week, a Facebook friend shared a link to a Guardian article about Singapore.The article is called “The price of life in Singapore, city of rules: ‘It’s a Faustian deal.’”What is the article trying...
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JC or poly after O Levels? Or course, JC!
The O Level results came out yesterday. So The Straits Times ran this package about the two main routes a student can take after O Levels.In one of the stories, an anonymous student supposedly asked...
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Why I'm afraid to bump into Glenn Ong
Sometimes I’m asked whether the famous people I write about have ever responded to my column.Like, did my former MediaCorp colleague Gurmit Singh reply to my open letter asking him to introduce his...
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